AMERICAN IDOL

Glee for grownups is counting on a pre-fab audience

NBC's new show Smash starring Katharine McPhee is no 'Glee' for adults.

NBC's singing contest The Voice got its second season off to a supersize start, attracting 37.6 million viewers on Sunday -- more than double the show's biggest audience last year, NBC said on Monday.

The RIP Ronaldo tweets are not about Cristiano Ronaldo, the Real Madrid star, but they're instead a reference to American Idol Casey Abrams' decision to cut his beard for charity.

Kelly Clarkson sang The National Anthem at the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI and even critics were silenced by her fantastic rendition.

Over 100 million Americans will watch Super Bowl 2012, the biggest game of the season, on Sunday, Feb 5, where New England Patriots (15-3) will battle with the New York Giants (12-7) for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Find out where, how and when you can watch the live coverage online for free.

The Peacock Network fails with pregame coverage.

Adam Lambert has shocked the world of rock after revealing that he will be taking Freddie Mercury's place as Queen's frontman.

Adam Lambert's highly anticipated Better Than I know Myself music video is out and his Twitter fans are not disappointed.

Although Madonna is a seasoned pro, she is not invulnerable to game day jitters. The Queen of Pop will perform during the 2012 Super Bowl Halftime Show, including Give Me All Your Luvin, the first single off her upcoming album, MDNA.

NBC's new musical drama Smash could hardly have a stronger pedigree: Idea by Steven Spielberg, songs by award-winning Broadway producers, stars including Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, and screen icon Marilyn Monroe holding the whole show-within-a show together.

American Idol judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez will be harder on contestants this year, and veteran Randy Jackson said he's retiring his in it to win it catchphrase.

The 2012 Super Bowl will feature a gamut of singing performances.

The snippet arrives one day ahead of its official release.

Julianne Hough talks about making time for her relationship with Ryan Seacrest

One Direction and Kevin the Pigeon: 5 Reasons To Give the UK Teen Pop Stars a Chance. If KPop just isn't your style but you're still looking to join up with a massive group of fans to support a fresh-faced pop band with manufactured beats then consider the UK sensation One Direction. The five-member boy band recently revealed they have a sixth member, and fans are tweeting along with Kevin the Pigeon in excitement.

Madonna is planning to reveal her first new music video in more than three years on Fox's hit show, American Idol. Now Pop diva Madonna has also revealed that she plans to sing her new hit on Super Bowl Sunday, reported CNN.

Simon Cowell has reached out to Beyonce Knowles as well as Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and others to be new judges on X-Factor.

Leonard Cohen sold off his song rights some years back, so he apparently doesn't collect royalties for the most hilariously over-covered song in American Idol history. That's bad for him, but good for us, since being cash-poor prompted the 70-something singer to come out of semi-retirement and return to the road in the late 2000s -- which, in turn, ultimately spurred the recording of Old Ideas, his first studio album in eight years.

Simon Cowell gave his talent show The X Factor a major shake-up, showing the door to host Steve Jones, judge Nicole Scherzinger, and even his old friend Paula Abdul after a lackluster first season on U.S. television.

It's about time people stop referring to Ryan Seacrest as the host of American Idol and start calling him an entertainment mogul.